Gas cooker, the oven works but no gas going to rings

I am not familiar with your model of cooker but I assume it is a gas cooker.

Gas cookers have safety devices in the oven and grill the hob rings do not need. I speculate even the domestic oven hasn't escaped the interference from the electronics industry and I expect the aforementioned safety devices depend on (low voltage) electronics and electronics depend on electricity - that the lights aren't working would suggest there is no (low voltage) electricity.

Even in the case of an electric oven the thermostat could be electronic and need (low voltage) electricity to work.

I suspect the internal power supply has failed.

Gas ovens invariably have a safety thermocouple to cut the gas off automatically if the flame goes out, due to an interruption in the supply for instance. The thermocouple must be temporarily over-ridden for the purpose of lighting the burner and pilot and often the override is mechanical but considering the clock and ignition has stopped working it would be reasonable to assume your oven has an electrical or electronic thermocouple override.

It would seem either the mains supply to your cooker has failed or the internal power supply has a problem. With such a sophisticated oven, even if you had been able to light it manually, it is possible the temperature control wouldn't have worked.

The flame sensor for the oven is defective.

I'm not a cooker expert, but try the following. Get a bit of electrical flex, strip the covering and part it so you have one fine strand. Poke this into the tiny hole in the centre of the jet underneath the ring and jiggle it about. The jets often get blocked by grease or a bit of dirt in the pipe same as the washers on a car. Costs nothing to try.

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You could try changing the oven spark electrode check the connections on the spark box and oven electrode as well.

mine has done the same thing boxing day. Did you get a solution

Hey Stephen - try setting the clock then set the cook period. the oven will only work when that's on i think.

all gas range ovens have a small metal box in the back upper area of the broiler burner; a gas line runs into this box as do two wires; this is a "flame control " gas valve; the way it works is: after the pilot has been lit as you turn the oven temp control a heating element in the box causes a small valve to open allowing a larger amount of gas into the oven burner to ignite the whole burner If you can only get pilot flame on high replace this valve

It sounds exactly the same as I am experiencing on my oven of the same model. My theory is that the full flame gas is controlled by a thermostat, and that this has broken hence why the oven only stays on preheat. This will be a matter of a replacement part. Most likely the thermostat is a bi-metal strip that, because it has heated and cooled so many times in it's life it has simply finally given up. Try searching online for the correct part and get a corgi registered fitter or another suitably qualified fitter to come and replace it.